Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Rishita Chaudhary
To relationships, I commit easily, almost instinctively, digging channels so deep they’re visible from space. I find endless fascination in the daily rhythms of loving someone.
Sindhu Shivaprasad • commitment is an act of agency
I've hosted 20+ dinner parties this year with 12+ people at each one
Here are 10 things I've learned
1. Assigning seats has ALWAYS lead to people having more fun
2.People from different backgrounds is more fun than say all tech people... See more
How does one maintain one’s creativity, optimism, intellectual vitality, and sense of agency in the face of endless forces luring towards conformity?
Sari Azoutsubstack.comIn any case, I stopped believing that "theo-ry" had the power to ruin literature for anyone, or that it was possible to compromise something you loved by studying it. Was love really such a tenuous thing? Wasn't the point of love that it made you want to learn more, to immerse yourself, to become possessed?
- Elif Batuman,
The Possessed
I have been thinking about growth and decay, the interplay between the two, the way all growth requires regeneration, which in turn requires a shedding, a composting, a reconstituting of old material. We don’t always know what needs to be shed, or what the optimal direction of growth is. This is where the “blind optimism” of a tree is helpful —... See more
Kinship: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Love Poem to Trees, Transience, and Eternity
What this exercise shows students is that just because you have looked at something doesn’t mean that you have seen it. Just because something is available instantly to vision does not mean that it is available instantly to consciousness. Or, in slightly more general terms: access is not synonymous with learning. What turns access into learning is... See more
The Power of Patience
